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Inside <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong> : Our Cover Photo Shoot<br />
Publisher Steve Penna called our cover subject, Redwood City City Manager Ed Everett, and set up the<br />
<strong>in</strong>terview and photo shoot for Monday, Aug. 13, at 9 a.m. <strong>in</strong> Everett’s office at City Hall.<br />
Our special correspondent writer Valerie Harris showed up first, to <strong>in</strong>terview Everett until the photo<br />
shoot was to beg<strong>in</strong>. Cover Story Photographer James Kaspar arrived shortly after 10 a.m., followed<br />
by Penna. As the <strong>in</strong>terview cont<strong>in</strong>ued, Kaspar took several photos while Penna chimed <strong>in</strong> on the<br />
<strong>in</strong>terview and took cell phone calls.<br />
Everett’s office, at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Middlefield Road, is spacious and sunlit. It is<br />
decorated with family photographs and keepsakes, lend<strong>in</strong>g a very personal touch. <strong>The</strong> four all seemed<br />
connected <strong>in</strong> some way.<br />
Everett and Penna, of course, have crossed paths many times over the years and throughout the<br />
shoot displayed a true lik<strong>in</strong>g for one another, smil<strong>in</strong>g and even shar<strong>in</strong>g a hug. In fact, the entire shoot<br />
was very lighthearted and full of laughter. Kaspar had worked with Everett’s partner, Mary Welch at<br />
the county offices before they both retired, so that was one topic of discussion.<br />
After about 30 m<strong>in</strong>utes, the group left City Hall and headed toward the Arthur Murray Dance Studio<br />
on Broadway, where Everett and Welch have been tak<strong>in</strong>g dance lessons — thus our “danc<strong>in</strong>g out of<br />
City Hall” theme. <strong>The</strong> group was greeted by studio owner Alice Louise and her assistant, Reg<strong>in</strong>a Van<br />
Brunt, and the danc<strong>in</strong>g began.<br />
It was a complete pleasure watch<strong>in</strong>g Everett and Louise dance for our cameras, and it led to<br />
reflection on his many accomplishments over the years and how comfortable he feels with himself.<br />
<strong>The</strong> entire shoot lasted about an hour and a half, and everyone exchanged pleasantries as they left to<br />
cont<strong>in</strong>ue their busy days.<br />
Everett, like all CEOs, is both liked and disliked for his decisions and views of what our community<br />
should look like and how it should function. Dur<strong>in</strong>g his watch, we have seen downtown revitalization,<br />
new facilities <strong>in</strong> Redwood Shores, City Center Plaza, various hous<strong>in</strong>g projects and, maybe best of all,<br />
balanced budgets.<br />
We salute Everett for his dedication to Redwood City, watch<strong>in</strong>g it cont<strong>in</strong>ue to blossom <strong>in</strong>to not only<br />
the Pen<strong>in</strong>sula’s county seat but also one hell of a great community. Good luck, Ed. You will be missed!<br />
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